OK – I promised myself a mental health week, so I stayed away from Freeperville – but I did go over to my old haunt Glock Talk to see what’s been going on since I left them 10 years ago.

I’m a handgun owner, and a Glock 21 owner, and I used to hang out there for amusement. They have many forums, and one is a political forum. Now there’s some liberal Glock owners, but they’re far outnumbered by the right-wing nutcases. I always had a bit of fun letting the air of reality into their lead zeppelins of bubble-think.

So – I now present you with the following thread:

Mad Dog is retiring

“General Jim Mattis will be retiring, with distinction, at the end of February, after having served my Administration as Secretary of Defense for the past two years. During Jim’s tenure, tremendous progress has been made, especially with respect to the purchase of new fighting… …equipment. General Mattis was a great help to me in getting allies and other countries to pay their share of military obligations. A new Secretary of Defense will be named shortly. I greatly thank Jim for his service!”

Discussion?

Personally I’m sad to see him go he was one of Trumps best cabinet member

After having his carefully considered advice ignored several times, he got fed up. Funny how no quality people will stick with Trump. Trumptards will continue to rationalize, but “the truth is out there.”

Trump campaigned on pulling troops out. Why the hell is anyone surprised that he is doing what he said?

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It wasn’t a good campaign promise to begin with. His decision quickly led to a new demand by the Hermit Kingdom. It is also Russia expand their presence in the region, which nothing good will come from; it let’s Iran expand their influence in the region, again, nothing good will come from that; and the Kurds, who have been staunch allies of the US, are in deep doo-doo.

Sad to see Mad Dog go so soon but on the other hand, I like how Trump switching out his Cabinet members and other staff positions. Making sure that nobody thinks that they’re indispensable and can afford to rest on their laurels.

Chicks Dig It

Sad to see Mad Dog go so soon but on the other hand, I like how Trump switching out his Cabinet members and other staff positions. Making sure that nobody thinks that they’re indispensable and can afford to rest on their laurels.

NRA, SAF

Stranger and stranger…

“Every general is culpable who undertakes the execution of a plan which he considers faulty. It is his duty to represent his reasons, to insist upon a change of plan–in short, to give in his resignation rather than allow himself to be made the instrument of his army’s ruin.” Napoleon, Maxim LXXII

Millennium Member

Arty….lets see how it goes before “Predictions” can be counted on….**Trump still won on his Promise…pulling out 2-5 thousand troops is not a big deal (Families happy)….But…If Things get nasty …real…nasty…those troops can come back 10 fold….and we can finish it once and for all!

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I’m retired military with several combat deployments, and many other deployments, and I, as were my family, incredibly happy for me to be home. Happiness is not a enough of a reason to abandon noble commitments. I, and my family, were happy to serve and suffer the consequences, of ensuring Americans, and our values, were honored. We face a far greater threat from radicalism abroad than we do from migrant caravans, yet we are facing another doo-doo show over a campaign promise. But I digress.

He quit because of the orange doofus. Great…now there are no grown-ups in the room. What a disaster this fool is turning out to be. Mattis was the one remaining stable leader in that whole cesspool. God help us!

~ “Make no mistake this isn’t about Republicans and Democrats any more, this is about a free nation VS an attempted socialist takeover and the battle is being fought before our eyes. No need for elections they want the power back now by their means which is crooked prosecutors and judges who will do their dirty work. If the country doesn’t unite and kill this threat we will be the last free generation.” ~

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Trump is losing the electoral battle for conservatism (other than SCOTUS, which is huge) faster than anyone in generations.He’s not a conservative, and he’s not on your side in the culture wars. He’s a twice-divorced, non-church-going, philandering New York Liberal.Pretending Trump is conservative pushes away people who would otherwise be on our side and weakens conservatism in the long run.

The only swamp Trump is managing to drain is the one he created. He has so many internal problems he will never make it to the problems outside of his circle.

Seriously. I’ve never seen so much cabinet turnover from one administration in my entire life. It’s pathetic. I had so much hope in him when I voted for him, and I still do….but ******* it gets more difficult by the day. I’m running out of excuses and patience.

But of course, you can’t say any of this to Trump’s Disciples. It’s illegal, according to them, to be objective and honest with yourself about his tenure as President. Otherwise, you’re some kind of freedom-hating Communist who voted for Hillary.

Or it’s somehow Hillary’s fault. Or Obama’s. Despite the fact that neither of them are president.

We are our own worst enemy. If the Right doesn’t stop endless conspiracy theories and blindly dismissing everything as “fake news” or using whatabout-isms in every argument criticizing Trump, then we are going to lose our asses in 2020.

It’s time to start holding him accountable for his nonsense. That doesn’t make us “Never-Trumpers”….it makes us objective. Some on the Right need to grow up and accept that

Wow. Didn’t expect that. On a side note – I own no. handguns, but in my 20’s I would regularly shoot indoor target with a friend of mine whose family owned a gun store. Tried about everything there was to try but never shot a semi auto better than with a Glock 21. Not sure if it was the .45 or what but I couldn’t hit crap with the 9 (G17) or .40 (G20 maybe?). Only thing I did better with was a Smith 629 with an 8-1/4 inch barrel. It was an entertaining distraction during exams.